Forum Auctions: Online: Modern Literature, 1051, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025

Page Size: 334 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	Adams (Richard)	Shardik		1974	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 254.00
52	Adams (Douglas)	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,		1979	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 406.40
53	Allingham (Margery)	Look to the Lady		1931	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 431.80
54	Amis (Martin)	London Fields,		1989	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 152.40
55	Ballard (J. G.)	Escapement from New Worlds Science Fiction		1956	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 127.00
56	Banks (Iain)	The Crow Road		1992	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 69.85
57	Barker (Pat)	[The Regeneration Trilogy]		1991-95	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 139.70
58	Barnes (Julian)	The Porcupine,		1992	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 127.00
59	Bellow (Saul)	Dangling Man	New York	1944	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 304.80
60	Blyton (Enid)	The Folk of the Faraway Tree		1949	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 304.80
61		Bloomsbury First Publishers List.- A complete set of the first list from Bloomsbury publishers		1987	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
62	Borges (Jorge Luis)	Labyrinths		1964	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 889.00
63	Borges (Jorge Luis)	Labyrinths		1970	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
64	Borges (Jorge Luis)	El Libro de Arena	Buenos Aires	1975	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 952.50
65	Borges (Jorge Luis)	El Libro de Arena	Buenos Aires	1975	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 152.40
66	Bosschere (Jean de)	The Closed Door		1917	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 431.80
67	Bradbury (Ray)	Dark Carnival		1948	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
68	Bradman (Don)	Farewell to Cricket		1950	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 482.60
69	Brickhill (Paul)	Reach for the Sky. The Story of Douglas Bader		1954	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
70	Burgess (Gelett)	The Purple Cow!	San Francisco	1895	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 88.90
71	Burgess (Anthony)	[The Malayan trilogy]		1956	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 482.60
72	Burgess (Anthony)	The Enemy in the Blanket		1958	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 190.50
73	Burgess (Anthony)	The Right to Answer		1960	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 57.15
74	Burroughs (William S., contributor)	Some of IT		1969	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 107.95
75	Burroughs (William S.)	Cobble Stone Gardens	Cherry Valley	1976	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 203.20

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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